Vassal

knights and nobles and in return they received protection and a portion of the harvest to feed their families (OI). Even though the serfs had their work cut out for them, the vassals, got to sit back, relax, and watch the people die while working. Well, that’s not entirely true, the vassals still had some work to do. vassal were warriors who swore allegiance to their king and promised to fight for them in exchange for a small piece…

They owned all the land and they could grant land to someone called a Vassal in exchange for military service and financial service. They could grant the land to anyone they wanted, and the land was usually granted to a nobleman/bishop. They could also free their subjects, called Serfs. Although they had to provide and be faithful to their vassals, the gain was much better than the loss. In source #9 it states that Counts/Lords can grant Fief's to other people…

Feudalism flourished between the ninth and fifteenth century C.E. Feudalism is the merging of a legal and military into a form of a political structure. Feudalism is well-structured system which exchanged land for military service. Many new and classic science fiction movies have been based of the ideas of feudalism. Here we will study medieval feudalism and the relation to one of the best known science fiction movies of all time Star Wars. While not all aspects of Star Wars can be seen as a…

farmers to put together their surplus, to afford one fighter. The land would be unable to support the knight if the farmers were unable to provide such necessities (Lenehan). The other, more common way of becoming a knight, was a commitment between the vassal and their lord. The lord would give a…

Feudalism Feudalism was a complex form of government in medieval times that can be characterized in many different ways. Andrew Smith, author of “Feudalism vs Manorialism”, puts it concisely, “Feudalism was characterized by the granting of fiefs, chiefly in the form of land and labor, in return for political and military services - a contract sealed by oaths of homage and fealty”. The feudal structure was crucial to the survival of the Europeans after the devastating fall of the Roman Empire.…

freedom to the landowners as well, they became serfs and vassals. To ensure protection from these large landowners, also known as lords, these serfs and vassals had to give their services and pay large incomes to them. These incomes, imposed by the lord, were considered taxes. This system was known as feudalism, or the manorial system, which is a political, economic, and social system. Many kings and elite followed this system, having multiple vassals and serfs, as well as appointing lords, most…

trained specialized warriors in the Military.(GECOSAF4) To be a knight, a young man would have to go through years of training. The vassals were also a key part of the military because they were the king's protection and fought in battles.A vassals job was to protect the king from being killed (Pattie). They were put into secret group during break battles.(GECOSAF5). Vassals owed the lords their military services and were loyal to him (Pattie). It was very important to be loyal to the leader…

His own son plotted against him with the assistance of one of the king’s vassals in order to become king. The same way, King Arthur is a weak king because he could not control his vassals or make important decisions. Since knights are known for their righteousness, they are expected to respect the power of their king. A knight must ask permission for the right of combat. Yvain knew…

the wife of the Cid, Minaya Alvar Fáñez his cousin and lieutenant, his vassal Pedro Bermúdez, and the Cid himself. All these role models depict values that represent their society from honesty and loyalty of the Cid’s wife to him to cousins who is a constant companion and confidant to the Cid and the value of loyalty is shown by vassal Pedro. The Cid shows his value to his society through his loyalty and generosity to his vassals. “All of you are paid, no…

noninterference, the very role of audience and spectator in which we have been cast by the playwright, place [the audience] in complicity” with Rosencrantz’s execution of Claudius’s will to murder Hamlet and by extension The Bard (Gerber 80)? Through the use of vassal character’s, Shakespeare’s Hamlet answers with a resounding yes. Hamlet recognizes the presence of the audience themselves once Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are presumed dead, after Horatio asks “so Guildenstern and Rosencrantz go…